WEBVTT KCRA 3'S LINDA MUMMAINTRODUCES TO A MODESTO MANWHO'S MASTERED THE ART OFMINIATURE AND SHOWS US HISLATEST CREATION SOON ON DISPLAY.LINDA: HE HAS BUILT HOMES.>> I WAS THERE CONTRACTOR/BUILDER FOR 41 YEARS.AND YOU HAD A BUILD HOUSES, THEDETAIL ON THEM.LINDA: NOW HE IS FOCUSING ONSMALL-SCALE CONSTRUCTION.>> I WAS WANTED TO BUILD ACASTLE, SINCE I WAS A KID.LINDA: THIS MASTERPIECE HE HASDUBBED THE DRAGON'S LAIR.>> TO ABOUT FIVE YEARS TO BUILD,TOOK ABOUT A YEAR TO RESEARCHIT.I HAD A LOT OF MAGAZINES ANDBOOKS.MY LOOK THROUGH TO GET THE RIGHTDETAIL.LINDA: DETAILS AS TINY AS EGGSAND A CHICKEN COOP, SMALLER THANA BB.>> IT'S 1/12 SCALE BUT EVERYROOM IS BUILT TO FIT LIKE APUZZLE.LINDA: 27 PIECES OF A PUZZLE,INCLUDING A BLACKSMITH SHOP ANDMARKINGS SHIMMERS AND DININGROOM, WITH MINIATURE HAM SITTINGON THE TABLE THE SIZE OF A TV.>> AND ITS MEDIEVAL.ABOUT 14 CENTURY WHEN IT WASBUILT.THAT'S WAY BACK WHEN THEY HADTORTURE CHAMBERS AND THEY HADVERY, VERY BAD DAYS IN THOSEDAYS.LINDA: WITH A FOCUSED MIND,STEADY HANDS AND SHARP EYES -- >> MY MIND IS LIKE A COMPUTER.IT'S CONSTANTLY WORKING ALL THETIME.EVEN WHEN I'M SLEEPING, I GET UPIN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WITHIDEA AND I WRITE IT DOWN.LINDA: THE MINIATURE MASTERMINDSPENDS ABOUT SIX HOURS A DAYDREAMING AT THE CONCEPTS FOR HISINTRICATE DESIGNS.>> THAT IT'S ALL WIRED.IT'S GOT GREEN LIGHTS.THERE'S A UNIT TO MAKE THEMFLICKER ON AND OFF TO LOOK LIKECANDLES BECAUSE THEY DID NOTHAVE ELECTRICAL IN THOSE DAYS.LINDA: IT'S ESTIMATED WORTH IS$140,000.>> TO ME, IT'S ONE OF A KIND.IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU WILL SEEEVERY DAY.LINDA: HE HAS NO PLANS TO SELLIT, MAKING HIM THE KING OF HISCASTLE.>> IF I COULD MAKE MYSELF SMALL,I WOULD.

81-year-old man builds miniature castle with giant detail

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Updated: 10:38 AM EST Mar 7, 2017

An 81-year-old retired carpenter/contractor took five years to build a miniature castle to-scale that is estimated to be worth $140,000.